The relationship between the visual and the verbal within a comedic moment : after the laughter

This research looks at comedy and question what its function is. It identifies the gag as a specific moment that solicits laughter and examines what is expressed within and through a gag and whether a gag can trigger a change in our thinking. What are the structures, functions and outcomes of a gag?...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thallon, Norma-Louise
Published: Royal College of Art 2011
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770
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.569078